watir/watir
Watir Powered By Selenium observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 6141
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 824
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1544 stars · 245 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Watir is an open-source Ruby library for automating web browsers, built on top of Selenium WebDriver. It drives browsers the way people do—clicking links, filling forms, and validating text—for end-to-end web testing.
Use cases
- automate browser tests in ruby
- click links and fill forms programmatically
- end-to-end testing of web applications
- scrape or interact with web pages via a real browser
- run cross-browser tests on chrome firefox safari edge ie
- write selenium tests with a friendlier ruby api
When to choose
- you write tests in Ruby and want a clean, object-oriented browser automation API
- you need cross-browser end-to-end testing built on Selenium
- you want automatic waiting and element location without boilerplate
When to avoid
- you are not using Ruby (consider Selenium directly or Nerodia for Python)
- you need fast headless HTTP-level testing without a real browser
- you need mobile app automation (use Appium instead)
Facets
library · maturity active
testing e2e-testing testing web-development developer-tools ruby cross-platform browser-automation selenium web-testing watir
5 sources
- readme: https://github.com/watir/watir · fetched 2026-08-28 · ca4d55dfdb5f
- homepage: http://watir.github.io · fetched 2026-08-29 · bcb1530df504
- site_page: http://watir.com/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · 1dfad9e777d2
- site_page: http://watir.com/watir-6-faq · fetched 2026-08-29 · cb14b702d03a
- site_page: http://watir.com/add-ons · fetched 2026-08-29 · ae3b9efeb288
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| watir/watir | main | 32 |
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